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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11243
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14002
13 Actual Demand 10935
14 Aggregate Planning 11857
15 Air Cargo 9787
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6395
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34505
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15169
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18854
20 Assembly Line 21449
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22622
22 Average Speed of Answer 26337
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22598
24 Batch Production 37564
25 Bill Discounting 14085
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10785
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6893
28 Blanket Release 9734
29 Bonded Warehouse 9830
30 Booking Number 13384
31 Bottleneck 9194
32 Buffer Stock 58255
33 Build to Stock 12693
34 Bullwhip Effect 9261
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12296
37 Capacity Management 39462
38 Capacity Utilization 13742
39 Capital Intensive 8076
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8345
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8796
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9030
45 Co-managed Inventory 12177
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7477
49 Consular Invoice 19302
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10110
52 Continuous Replenishment 19174
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11174
56 Control Charts 7742
57 Cost Flow 10050
58 Courier Service 14834
59 CPFR 7990
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11518
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43295
62 Date Code 17721
63 Days of Supply 19454
64 Dead on Arrival 8920
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7847
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13980
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10585
70 Dispatching 23617
71 Distributed Inventory 8161
72 Distribution Channel Management 34031
73 Distribution Metrics 8705
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14840
76 Double Marginalization 52171
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21984
78 Dual 5256
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20293
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37945
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48835
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24953
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7667
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9603
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9201
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8419
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26508
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7916
101 FOB Destination 12672
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10090
104 Freight Consolidation 7314
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11406
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29161
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23044
110 Idle Time 7861
 
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